Akinley as a mason leads federal building cornerstone
The Chicago ceremony crowned the week’s Great Chicago exposition as President McKinley laid the first stone of the federal building. Delegations from Mexico and Canada attended with Gen Merritt and Gen Jockton directing the parade. The troupe, bands, and crowd cheered as Cobb’s mortar set the cornerstone and the convoy moved to the Union League Club for luncheon.
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McKinley
Don Ignascio Mariscal
Miner of Foreign Affairs
Mexico
Preer Laurier
Canada
West Merritt
Edard C. Young
First
Illinois Cavalry
Joseph B. Jockton
Federal
Chicago
Gage
Henry Ives Cobb
Union League Club
Police Seek Head in New York River Dismemberment Case
Police are investigating a dismemberment linked to a woman's body found in the North River at West Thirteenth Street and near West Seventeenth Street. A leg and thigh wrapped in newspapers matched the body, with clues pointing to a middle aged woman about 5 feet 6 inches tall weighing 90 to 160 pounds. The body appears to have been dismembered around October 5 or later, and investigators note unidentified newspaper wrappings bearing undisclosed marks.
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New York
North River
West Thireenth Street
West Seventeenth Street
New Base Ball League Limits Clubs by East and West
Western members of the new American Association of Baseball Clubs met in Chicago. They plan a full organization meeting in New York on October 26. Membership will be limited to four clubs in the east and four in the west. President H. R. Quinn to call the meeting.
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Chicago
Association of Baseball Clubs
St. Louis
Milwaukee
Detroit
H. R. Quinn
New York
Swindles Uncle Sam New Yorker Defrauds Government
Freeman Strait, a New York real estate dealer and insurance agent, has been arrested for defrauding the government by selling restored war revenue stamps. Treasurers’ agents say Strait and associates cheated the government of $100,000, clearing about $2,000 weekly. Officers found stamps, restoration chemicals, and related materials at his home. Hot Wave in California Threatens Grapes. Sonoma tops 110 degrees. Twenty eight more Scotsman crew members arrested in Montreal for carrying $4,000 in cash and valuables.
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New Yorker
New York
Freeman Strait
Lower Broadway
Treasury
Strait
Montreal
Agoncillo Granted Full Powers for Prisoner Talks
Madrid reports the Filipino government has given Agoncillo full powers to negotiate for the release of Spanish prisoners held by the insurgents.
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Agoncillo
Madrid
Horrible Cannibalism Tale From the New Hebrides
Vancouver reports a shocking case told by the French steamer Jeannette. Amaru, an Hawaii native and immigration official in Noumea, was captured with his wife on Aoba. He was tortured with venomous snakes, burned, speared, and killed, then eaten alongside two sheep, prompting a British naval report with no stated action.
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New Hebrides
Vancouver
G. C
Sydney
Australia
Aorangi
Jeannette
Hawaii
Amaru
Noumea
Aoba
Amara
Dewey Prefers Modest Home To Save Funds For Furnishings
The Dewey home fund committee met with the admiral to discuss his wishes. He said funds came from many small contributors and he would accept the gift. He wants a modest house to leave enough money to furnish it and will seek options in his preferred Washington quarter for choice after Vermont visit.
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Washington
Dewey Home Fund
Vermont
Dewey
Boston
Duke de Arcos
Manchester
Admiral Dewey
Roosevelt May Extend Western Trip Through Nebraska
Theodore Roosevelt consents to spend at least two days in Nebraska before month end and may tour South Dakota before returning east via Sioux City if arrangements allow. The Nebraska visit is assured though details remain to be fixed.
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South Dakota
Nebraska
Sioux City
Roosevelt
Parliament Called To Meet As Reserves Called Up
A royal proclamation signed Saturday summons Parliament to meet October 17 and authorizes calling out the reserves. The war office says 25 000 men will be summoned. Briton forces strengthen Natal as Gen Sir Stewart White arrives to assume command.
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Britain
London
Transvaal
South African Republic
Natal
Newcastle
Buffalo River
Free State
India
Hussars
Durban
Ladismith
Stewart White
V.C
William Simons
Glencoe
Pietermaritzburg
Majuba
War Office
Week in Trade Signals Turbulent Markets and Record Clearing
The Dun and Co review notes two days of business disruption from Admiral Dewey celebrations. New York clearing payments top 1.059 billion over four days, a record, with strong activity in steel, wool, and cotton mills. Wheat fell after gains, while exports from New York totaled 31.2 million versus 32.7 million last year, leaving exports well ahead of imports by roughly 30 million.
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R. G. Dinh & Co
New York
R.G. Dun & Co
Weekly Review of Trade
Admiral Dewey
London
Transvaal
Occupied Two Towns In Luzon By Schwan Forces
Schwan's column advancing from Bacoor in Luzon seized Cavite Niejo and Noveleta on Sunday. American casualties included three officers and nine enlisted men with one officer fatally wounded. Enemy losses unknown though three Filipino bodies were sighted. Lowe's scouts engaged near Cavite Viejo before the final advance to a deserted Noveleta.
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Schwan
Luzon
Cen
Fourteenth
Reilley
Fifth Artillery
Lowe
Bacoor
Cavite Niejo
Noveleta
Cavite Viejo
Drum to be Abandoned by Volunteers of America
At the Blue Point New York session of the grand field council Volunteers of America officers from across the country adopted resolutions to end outdoor and indoor drum use in the movement. The drum may be used only with a brass band or fife and drum corps at parades officially authorized by the sectional officer. A cornet organ concertina guitar or other stringed instrument is urged as a replacement.
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Volunteers of America
New York
Grand Field Council of the Volunteers of America
Blue Point
L. I
Columbia Shamrock Fail to Finish Within Time Limit
New York reports the third attempt to sail the Columbia Shamrock series for the international trophy ended with the race abandoned fifteen minutes before the time limit. The yachts were five miles from the finish, with Columbia in the lead at abandonment, leaving the challenger American champion without a completed race. Experts remain mystified by the boats' merits and expect a strong breeze for a true test.
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Columbia
Shamrock
New York
Battledore
Shuttlecock
Patriots
Filipino Soldiers Ordered to Farm in North
A Manila report, via a Dominican friar, states Aguinaldo has ordered Filipino soldiers in the northern provinces to return home and resume farming. The claim lacks confirmation but aligns with a policy of keeping the country productive by rotating men between farming duties and military service.
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Manila
Aguinaldo
Railroad Tragedy Revoked In Legacy Claim
Ida May Shanville, named as Barker’s fictitious wife, files a holographic will in Great Falls claiming ten thousand dollars from Edwin J. Barker’s estate after his March Iowa wreck. The undated will promises payment to her upon his death and names heirs to ensure it.
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Great Falls
Mont
Ida May Shanville
Edwin J. Barker
Iowa
Ida May Shayille
Outlook for Venezuelan peace in October Victoria talks
Washington reports Captain Hemphill of the Detroit cables from La Guayra that the US minister secured the peace commissioner from Puerto Babello to speed negotiations. Castro reportedly accepts US terms and a settlement could be reached by October 9 at Victoria if the Venezuelan president agrees.
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Washington
Hemphill
Detroit
la Guayra
Venezuela
United States
Puerto Babello
Castro
Victoria
Haytian Transport Grounded Off Fortune Island
The Haytian government steamer Defense, used as an armed transport, ran ashore near Fortune Island in the Bahamas. The vessel is a total loss, but all aboard were saved.
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Nuevitas
Cuba
Defense
Fortune Island
Bahamas
Queensland Canners Face Unexpected Market Glut
Queensland canners express anger and disappointment over news that Britain has placed large canned meat orders in the United States. Despite stocking up for demand, they fear a price drop and unsold inventory while market shifts unfold.
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Queensland
Brisbane
United States
Market Quotations From Chicago To Cincinnati And West
Report of grain and livestock prices across multiple cities including Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit and New York style markets. Prices cover cattle hogs sheep wheat corn oats rye butter eggs potatoes and barley with ranges and per bushel or per hundredweight figures.
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Chicago
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Detroit
Millionaire Gold Company Formed to Develop Black Hills Mine
The South Dakota Colorado Springs Consolidated Gold Mining Company of Colorado Springs is capitalized at 8 million with 1 million treasury shares. It aims to develop the Ironsides mine in Carbonate Canyon, nine miles west of Deadwood, recently bonded for 75 thousand. Prominent Colorado mining millionaires organize the venture, promising substantial impact on the Black Hills region.
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Black Hills
South Dakota
Cripple Creek
Secretary's Requisition Case Draws Supreme Court Debate
The South Dakota case centers on whether governor signed requisition papers or his secretary. Tod Case Brings Out Embezzlement alleged in York Nebraska. The topic questions legal procedure and gubernatorial authority.
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Tod
South Dakota
Supreme Court
Grant
York, Neb
Black Mills
York
Circuit Court
South Dakota Troops Mustered Out in San Francisco
The First South Dakota regiment was mustered out in San Francisco on Oct. 5. Paymaster distributed 150,050 dollars including one month’s pay and travel allowance. Corporal Wayne Larrabee of Creston Iowa died Oct. 4 of smallpox. his father Prof. Larrabee of Rapid City received notice. Civil matters include elopement rumors in Canton, Baptist and Congregational church news, and Meade County bounty-testing steps.
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San Francisco
South Dakota
United States
Frost
Cosgrows
Creston
Iowa
Ile
State University of Nebraska At
Lincoln
Marilao
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